Chapter 47: Concubine Yang
Two days later, Lan Fang got up early in the morning, as usual, had breakfast, and walked around the yard, in late autumn, the flowers in the garden were almost all withered, and there was nothing to see, only some goldfish raised in the lake, adding a little interest to this boring life.
She was holding the fish food and slowly throwing it into the pond, when Lianxiang ran quickly from outside, and shouted from afar: "Madam, hurry, the side concubine is here, and she is sitting in your house!" β
Side concubine? Isn't that the only hostess in the Duanwang Mansion today, Li Ye's mother?
How could she come over all of a sudden?
Lan Fang was uneasy in her heart, after all, when she was in Chenjia Village, the two had a few encounters, even if they had never greeted each other, but they vaguely remembered their appearance, and they didn't know, what did she mean by coming here?
She immediately threw the fish food in her hand into the lake, lifted the hem of her skirt, and walked back with Lianxiang with her big belly...... How does it look? β
Could it be because on that day, Li Ye came directly to the other courtyard when he came back from the barracks, and did not go back to the house to ask for peace, which angered the mother, so he specially came to ask himself today...... Ask about sin?
Lianxiang smiled when she heard this: "Madame, don't worry, the mother looks very kind, smiles very gently, and speaks slowly, and asks the slave to hold you carefully, walk slowly, don't turn the child in the belly." β
Lan Fang relaxed a little when she heard this, and her half-hanging heart slowly fell.
If you come, you will be safe, you must learn to be calm, Xu Lanfang, this is just the beginning, the road in the future is still long, there will be more people to face, more complicated, you have to be strong, don't be cowardly!
When Lan Fang entered the house, Concubine Yang was drinking tea by the window, she was dressed in brocade clothes, with gorgeous jewels on her head, and the whole person looked no different from when she was in Chenjia Village, but she looked more expensive.
Concubine Yang was also looking at her, wearing a cyan brocade Luo skirt, elegant buns, and two green jade hairpins pinned between the black hairs, taking advantage of her already good-looking face. I remember when I was in Chenjia Village, I occasionally saw her go to fetch water, and she wore a plain cloth dress on her body, which couldn't cover her flower-like beauty.
"Lan Fang, come and sit." Concubine Yang beckoned to her and called her over.
Lan Fang walked over a little shyly, saluted, and slowly sat opposite her.
Concubine Yang looked at her with a smile, and when she wanted to say something, her eyes inadvertently looked at Lian Xiang who was standing behind Lan Fang.
Lan Fang immediately understood, knowing that Concubine Niangniang must have something to say to herself, so she turned her head and said: "Lianxiang, I ate a little too much in the morning, and my stomach is a little swollen at this time, you go to the kitchen and make me a bowl of food tea." β
When Lianxiang heard this, she knew that she had something to say, so she deliberately broke up her own, so she bowed and retreated.
The breeze was blowing, and the two sat under the window and looked at each other and smiled.
After a while, Concubine Yang spoke first: "Actually, I knew early in the morning that Ye'er brought back a pregnant woman in this courtyard, but I didn't know that person was you." β
"When I was in Chenjia Village, I sighed that you were a poor woman. Who knew that in just a few months, the Chen family was actually dispersed, and you became a helpless and poor person again. It seemed that she thought of the past events in Chenjia Village, and Concubine Yang's eyes wandered for a moment, and then she lowered her eyes and smiled.
"I didn't have anything else to do today, I just thought that you lived alone in this courtyard, and Ye'er went to the barracks again, and he didn't come back for a long time. On weekdays, you don't have anyone around to take care of you, so let's see if you need anything here, and I'll help you prepare. β
Hearing this, Lan Fang immediately shook her head and said, "Thank you Niangniang, I don't lack anything here, it's good." β
Seeing that she was a little nervous, Concubine Yang smiled and said, "It's not a big problem if you lack it, but I'm afraid that the child in your belly is missing something." When I came here today, I specially invited a doctor to come over, and let the doctor diagnose your pulse and regulate your body in a while. β
"And I see that there are no caring people around you except a little girl, and I have brought you a grandmother. Mama is older, I have seen a lot, and it is most appropriate to take care of people at ordinary times, so let her take care of you by the side, and I and Ye'er can rest assured. β
More importantly, I want my grandmother to be by her side in a timely manner, teaching her how to deal with people and how to survive in the back house. After all, she grew up in the countryside and didn't understand many of the rules in the capital, so she found a proper grandmother and made a special trip to teach her rules and etiquette and behave in the world, so as not to make people laugh at it when she entered the palace in the future.
Anyway, there are still a few months before the production, and it is enough for her to learn a little bit to support the faΓ§ade.
Even if she can't learn ten out of ten perfect, it's almost the same to learn seven or eight points, after all, even if she enters the palace, she is just a concubine, she doesn't have to go out to entertain guests, she just needs to know a little.
Lan Fang could probably guess the intention of the mother to bring her grandma, after all, she came from a small place, and she didn't understand any rules, should there be an older grandmother to mention herself, otherwise, when she entered the palace in the future, she didn't know anything, wouldn't it be a shame for Li Ye?
Thinking about it, she looked at Concubine Yang with gratitude in her eyes and said, "Thank you Niangniang, Lan Fang will definitely settle down with her mother." β
"That's good." Seeing that Lan Fang was still smart, Concubine Yang understood the truth in just a few words, and was a little more satisfied with her in her heart, and shouted outside after a while: "Mama Liu, come in and meet Madame!" β
Mama Liu looked like she was forty or fifty years old, a very rich woman, dressed in dark purple clothes, her hair was combed neatly, she came to Lan Fang and gave a salute, and said, "The old slave has seen Madame." β
Lan Fang immediately straightened up and gently supported Mama Liu's arm, helped her up, and said with a smile: "Mama doesn't have to be polite, I'm young, if there is anything wrong or inappropriate in the future, I hope Mama bothered to mention it, Lan Fang has thanked Mama in advance!" β
"Madame has tormented the old slave!" Mama Liu looked at the delicate and gentle Lan Fang in front of her, and sighed in her heart, how can such a good-natured person survive when he enters the cannibalistic palace in the future? It seems that she will have to work more on her temperament in the future......
"Well, people have seen it, and you will have a chance to talk well in the future. This will be Mama Liu, you will first follow Lianxiang to clean up the house you will live in the future, if there is anything missing, just ask Lianxiang to go and tell the housekeeper, Xiaoying, go and ask the doctor to come in and check the pulse of Mrs. β
Mama Liu saluted and retired, and not long after, a middle-aged man came in with a medicine box, and after bending down to salute, he said, "Please Mrs. stretch out your hand." β
Lan Fang obediently stretched out her hand, put her hand on the table, and watched the doctor check the pulse.
After a while, the doctor let go, glanced at Lan Fang and said, "Madame's pulse is peaceful, there is nothing wrong with it, but she doesn't seem to have a big appetite on weekdays, and her body is a little weak." And the lady is quite obvious, if you don't take care of your body well, I'm afraid that when you give birth in the future, you will have to suffer a lot. β
Hearing this, Concubine Yang hurriedly said, "Is there a way to recuperate?" β
The doctor said, "If the lady can eat more fish, chicken soup and other nourishing things every day, it will accumulate over time, and when it comes to childbirth, she will naturally have a greater grasp." Now that Mrs. is so thin and weak, but her belly is big, if she doesn't nourish her body, I'm afraid that I won't have strength in my body during childbirth, then it will be troublesome! β
Lan Fang naturally knew what the doctor meant, but since she was pregnant, she had never touched meat, so she had always been a vegetarian. Now when she heard that she was going to eat more meat in the future, she felt nauseous in her throat and wanted to vomit. But if you don't do what the doctor says, you won't have the strength to give birth in the future, how can this be good?
Concubine Yang sighed when she heard this, she also knew that women were pregnant and picky, and sometimes if she didn't eat the right thing, she would vomit all over the place, so when she heard the doctor say that she asked Lan Fang to eat more meat, she felt a little headache.
"Doctor, how is the fetus?" Actually, Concubine Yang still wanted to ask whether it was a man or a woman, but in front of Lan Fang, it seemed that it was not too good to ask this, so she thought that after a while, she asked Xiaoying to go out with her to ask, and Lan Fang was embarrassed.
After all, this child is not necessarily a karmic child. Therefore, if it is a boy in advance, who will be born in the future and be checked by secret methods, it is the child of the Chen family, then their mother and son will not be able to enter the palace, and they will have to make other arrangements.
If it is a girl from the Chen family, if Ye'er insists on letting their mother and daughter enter the house, it is not impossible, after all, a girl will always marry in the future, and she will be raised for more than ten years at most, and she will be prepared with a dowry.
If the child is a karmic child, then it naturally doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl.
Of course, it is better to be a boy, so that the palace will have an eldest grandson, and it is better.
As for the princess who has not entered the door, it is not in her scope of consideration, what about the main room, as long as she can't give birth to a son, it is an ornament, and her son she believes in will not be like King Duan when he was young, pinched by a fierce woman, and he was breathless, and he couldn't even protect his own child!
One was poisoned and was frail and sick for many years, and the other couldn't find a doctor because of illness, and he became a fool because he was delayed......
OK...... Fortunately, God has eyes, and the two children all survived in another way, and Luo Meiyun, the vicious woman, also died......
She looked at the soft and weak woman in front of her, soft, timid and cautious, how much like herself when she was young!
When Concubine Yang left, Lan Fang sent her outside the gate of the courtyard, watched her get into the carriage elegantly, and then took Lianxiang's hand and walked back slowly.
Back in the bedroom, Lan Fang looked at the box left by Concubine Yang, slowly opened it, looked at a red inkstone lying quietly inside, slowly picked it up, and remembered what Niangniang said when she left.
'Lan Fang, you must remember that only when your heart is as strong as a stone can you not be afraid of other people's dark arrows and open guns. β